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Safe spaces in sport vital for the prevention of youth knife crime – new study

Safe spaces provided by sporting clubs and community initiatives are vital for the prevention of youth knife crime, a Loughborough University study has found.

Dr Ishara Dharmasena, of the School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering (MEME), and a team of researchers at the University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) have developed a new, scalable manufacturing technique to create wearable fabrics embedded with very small power generators known as ‘Triboelectric Nanogenerators’ (TENGs).

Tech experts create wearable material that can generate electricity by capturing energy from body movements

Political links with Putin have not harmed populist leaders’ election campaigns

Ukraine war: Sweden and Finland eye the Nato option, but it’s a security dilemma for the west

Technology developed by new network could be “transformative” for rehabilitation

What is an oligarch and what do they do?

Loughborough appoints its first Pro Vice-Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Not calling out friends’ and family’s COVID-19 vaccine falsehoods on WhatsApp can further the spread of misinformation – here’s why we don’t correct them

Important moment for UK Government to improve immigration policies

New project to increase diversity and inclusion within engineering gets Academy funding

Businesses are being hit by tax hikes and higher energy costs – and it will mostly hurt poorer people

Loughborough crowned best university in the world for sports-related subjects for sixth year running

Dignity, Strategy, Regret – Putin's actions explained

Ukraine war: Turkey’s unique role in peace negotiations

Being anxious about studying maths doesn’t mean you’re not good at it, but it can result in negative outcomes, says expert

University launches podcast about the impact of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country’s future